Alcohol Use in Adults

To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article, Friedmann (Jan. 24 issue) 1 mentions some medications that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and some drugs that are used on an off-label basis for treating alcohol dependence. We think that sodium oxybate, which has an off-label...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 368; no. 17; pp. 1654 - 1656
Main Authors Caputo, Fabio, Zoli, Giorgio, Bernardi, Mauro, Wartenberg, Alan A, Friedmann, Peter D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 25.04.2013
Subjects
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Drug dependence
FDA approval
Female
Humans
Male
Narcolepsy
Sleep disorders
Sodium
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ISSN0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI10.1056/NEJMc1302445

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Summary:To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article, Friedmann (Jan. 24 issue) 1 mentions some medications that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and some drugs that are used on an off-label basis for treating alcohol dependence. We think that sodium oxybate, which has an off-label use, also warrants mention. Sodium oxybate is approved by the FDA to manage narcolepsy. In some European countries, since it is as effective as benzodiazepines, sodium oxybate is also approved for the suppression of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. In addition, because of its ability to maintain total abstinence from alcohol in 50 . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc1302445